Description: Article describes accomplishments as Chair during the year. Four accomplishments are mentioned: i) Actuarial Research Conference ii) Early Career Award, iii) Establishment of Outstanding Educator Award, iv) Push to create surveys from the section containing a reservoir of ideas that can be used for webinars, podcasts, etc.

Description: Phil Bieluch's probing editorial in The Actuary's Dec. 2004 issue asked, Are we comfortable with the assumptions underlying our calculation of pension liabilities on employer's balance sheets? Even if this isn't our responsibility? From The Actuary, April/May 2005

Description: Article presents a potential role for pension actuaries to help assess the effectiveness of defined contribution plans.

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook: Chapter 1: Addresses life insurance company statutory reserve valuation.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium explores issues associated with Life and Annuity Valuation including the status of Guideline XXX and practical compliance issues.

Description: A review of a book by a former Commissioner of Social Security, in which he shares his thoughts on what Social Security is, the new law, the financing, the benefits, the types of employment covered, the benefit amounts, the retirement test, and several subsidiary topics.

Description: A report on the SOA Board's Executive Committee's discussions and and resolutions in response to the Manhart case.

Description: Several requirements are common to all professionals - this article discusses how actuaries doing with regards to the pension dilemma caused by inflation.

Description: Discussion of rate differences by family tier and risk class for LTC and Medicare Supplement plans, and to what extent these differences are fair, ethical, legal, or actuarially sound.

Description: A preview of the articles in the May 2009 issue of Long Term Care News, with a theme of focusing on the pure fundamentals of actuarial work.